• 2006 Co-starred with Jack Black in director Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy "The Holiday"

• 2006 Earned an Emmy nomination for Best Guest Actress for her appearance in the HBO Comedy Series "Extras"

• 2006 Played a adulteress mother in Todd Field's "Little Children"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama

• 2006 Played a southern belle who has an affair with the Louisiana governor in Steven Zaillian's "All the King's Men"

• 2005 Played the mistress to James Gandolfini in the musical "Romance & Cigarettes" written and directed by John Turturro

• 2004 Co-starred with Jim Carrey in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" about a couple who have their memories erased in an attempt to rescue their failing relationship; received Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nominations for Best Actress

• 2004 Starred opposite Johnny Depp in "Finding Neverland" about the experiences of 'Peter Pan' author J.M. Barrie

• 2003 Cast as a reporter to whom a death row inmate tells his story in "The Life of David Gale"

• 2001 Cast as the younger incarnation of the title character in "Iris", a film about novelist Iris Murdoch's struggle with Alzheimer's disease; earned third Oscar nomination, this time as Best Supporting Actress

• 2001 Co-starred in the WWII-era spy drama "Enigma"; screened at Sundance Film Festival; released theatrically in USA in 2002

• 2001 Voiced a character in the animated version of "A Christmas Carol"; had Top Ten single in Great Britain with song "What If" taked from film's soundtrack

• 2000 Starred with Geoffrey Rush and Joaquin Phoenix in "Quills", playing a laundress who helps the incarcerated Marquis de Sade smuggle out his writings

• 1999 Appeared opposite Harvey Keitel in "Holy Smoke", directed by Jane Campion

• 1999 Starred in "Hideous Kinky" playing a hippie mother who takes her two daughters with her on a spiritual journey to Marrakech

• 1997 Played the heroine Rose in James Cameron's blockbuster "Titanic"; nominated for a Best Actress Oscar

• 1996 Cast as Ophelia opposite Kenneth Branagh in Branagh's feature version of Shakespeare's "Hamlet"

• 1995 Co-starred as Marianne Dashwood in "Sense and Sensibility"; earned first Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress

• 1995 Played female lead in "Jude" opposite Christopher Eccleston

• 1994 Feature film debut as Juliet Hulme in "Heavenly Creatures", directed by Peter Jackson

• 1991 Left school to pursue career

• 1988 British TV debut in "Shrinks"

• 1987 Appeared in British TV commercials for Sugar Puffs cereal

• 1986 Began studying a local drama school (date approximate)

• Appeared in British stage productions of "Adrian Mole", "Peter Pan" (as Wendy) and "A Game of Soldiers"

• Played recurring role in British sitcom "Get Back"

• Raised in Reading, England